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Cornwall, Ontario Employment Information

Cornwall, ON Overview

Cornwall is the easternmost city in Canada with a metro area population of about 60,000. It's about 100 kilometres southeast from Ottawa and 120 kilometres southwest of Montreal. It has a very diverse population, with a large number of immigrants and foreign workers. The city is well known for its very low cost of living; the average cost of a home in Cornwall is just C$177,466 compared to over C$400,000 for Ontario overall. There are 25 elementary schools, six secondary schools, and four colleges and universities, including the University of Ottawa and St. Lawrence College.

Cornwall, ON Job Opportunities

Early on, Cornwall's economy was based on cotton processing and a paper mill, but it has become much more diversified and now boasts growing businesses in the food processing, call centres, distribution, high tech, manufacturing, and automotive sectors. Walmart has its largest Canadian distribution center in Cornwall, a massive 140,000-square-meter facility that is a good source of logistics jobs in Cornwall, ON. Target Canada's distribution center is in Cornwall, as well, another source of operations and customer service jobs in Cornwall, ON.

Other large employers include Seaway Valley Community Health Center, the City of Cornwall, Atelka, UAP-NAPA, SigmaPoint, Cornwall Community Hospital, CIBC, Demo Plus, Scotia Bank, NAV CANADA, Cornwall Electric, and Olymel.

Cornwall, ON Employment Trends

Cornwall has not recovered from the global economic recession as well as other parts of Canada. Canada's 7 per cent unemployment rate is significantly lower than Cornwall's 10.2 per cent for the first quarter of 2015, which was up from 6.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2014. Despite those statistics, certain professions and job categories continue to be in higher demand in Cornwall; these include financial managers, engineers and engineering managers, IT professionals and network managers, most healthcare professions, property adjusters, and insurance claims processors.